The Portland daily press., 1887-09-24
The Roothbay Referee case.

BooTHBAY, Sept. 23.-An interesting
equity suit brought by Luther Maddocks
against S. Nickerson & Sons. all well known
residents of Boothbay was recently tried
before Hon. John A. Peters aud Hon. Arte-
mas Libbey of the Supreme Court and I'll.
w. Swanton, Esq, of Bath as referees,
Messrs. Baker and Cornish of this city act
ing as counsel for the plaintiff and j. E.
Moore, Esq, of Thomaston for the defend
ants. The bill was brought to compel the
specific performance of an alleged contract
for the removal of lease of the plaintiffs
extensive wharf party at Boothbay, which
was occupied by the defendants for several
years but was left by them in June 1886 and
has since remained vacant.
While the bill was pending in court the
parties agreed to refer the whole matter, in
volving many technical points of law, to the
above referees and their report will prob
ably be filed at the October term of the
Supreme Court in Lincoln county.
The Patriarchs' Commander.
Especial to the Press.l
LEWISTON, Sept. 22.--Brig. Gen. III. NJ.
Sprague, of the department of Maine
Patriarchs Militant. and staff, have received
and accepted an invitation to be present at
the receptions rendered Grand Canton
Lucerne at Bath, Thursday, Sept Goth, and
Biddeford Sept. Both.
Col. Sprague has lately returned from
Moosehead Lake where he met with Hon.
John Case and Mrs. Case of Rockland on a
two days trip. He brought back with him
handsome picture of Kineo and environ
ments presented to him by o. A. Demon of
the Kineo House, which he will place in his
Office at the State House.
A Promising Stallion Dead.
Especial to the Press.]
AUGUSTA, Sept. 23.-On Thursday Mr.. K.
L. Norcross of Manchester, the we'll known
horse breeder, lost his two year old fear
naught stallion st. Valentine, the animal
dying of strangulated hernia. st. Valentine
was valued at $1,000 and trotted at the Maine
State fair. 1t was the intention to place
him on the track at the meeting of the
Breeders Association at Mystic Park next
week.
A Modern Rose Standish.
CALAIS, Sept. 23.-The Rose Standish is
the name of the new steamer just purchased
by the Frontier Steamboat Company, to re-
place the present steamer Charles Houghton,
on the Calais and Eastport route. The
Standish is four hundred tons and will steam
thirteen miles an hour.
Light on the Mystery.
AUGUSTA, Sept. 23.--A letter from the
proprietor of the Ocean View House, Rye
Beach. N. H., says that Lizzie Franklin, the
mysterious demented woman at the Augusta
poor house, worked there this summer and
was paid $50. She went from there TO
Portsmouth,, N. ii.
Burglars at Lee.
BANGoN, Sept. 23.-The Whig learns that
the store of G. Haskell, of Lee, was broken
into Wednesday night and jewelrJ and other
goods and small amount of money taken.
The burglars were tracked to Lincoln where
It is supposed they took the train for Ban
gor.
The RockIand Fire Bug.
RoCKLAND, Sept. 23.-An attempt was
made last night to fire the houses of James
Higgins and Dexter Meservey. The Higgins
house was discovered on fire about 10 o'clock
and the flames were put out. Shortly after
second attempt was made to fire the house
and also one adjoining belonging to Meser
vey. The incendiary was seen and shot at
but he escaped. He used fire ball COM
posed of rags and papers saturated with
Kerosene and weighted so it could be thrown
on the buildings.